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New Arabic language guidebook on Vatican
Date: 2015-05-19 16:26:20 GMT - Vatican - World - SN:107 - ID:2622673
VATICAN, May 19 (MENA) - A new guidebook to the Vatican was issued by the Vatican Publishing House entirely in Arabic, Vatican Radio reported. Written by Archbishop Edmond Farhat of Byblos, Lebanon, the guide is intended to offer the thousands of ....
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World forum in Baku asserts importance of dialogue between cultures
Date: 2015-05-19 14:49:29 GMT - Azerbaijan - World - SN:90 - ID:2621809
BAKU, May 19 (MENA) - High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations of the UN Secretary General Nassir Abdulaziz al-Nasser said that the 3rd World Forum for the Dialogue of Cultures is a base for dialogue between cultures and exchanging ....
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ISESCO gearing up from Muscat ministerial meeting
Date: 2015-05-19 12:05:40 GMT - Azerbaijan - World - SN:54 - ID:2619109
BAKU, May 19 (MENA) - The advisory council of the Islamic Educational, Scientific, Cultural Organization (ISESCO) has convened in Baku to prepare for the ministerial meeting in Muscat in November. On the sidelines of the 3rd World Forum on ....
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Environment minister leaves for Paris to attend climate change meeting
Date: 2015-05-19 11:25:22 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:47 - ID:2618861
CAIRO, May 19 (MENA) - Minister of Environment Khaled Fahmy left here on Tuesday for Paris to take part in a ministerial meeting on dialogue between the business sector and governments regarding the climate change. The meeting comes as part of ....
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Russia stops transit of NATO military cargo to Afghanistan
Date: 2015-05-19 09:50:33 GMT - Russia - World - SN:30 - ID:2618541
MOSCOW, May 19 (MENA) - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has revoked a decree that allowed delivery of NATO military equipment to Afghanistan through Russian territory, Russia Today reported on Tuesday. According to the official document, ....
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Deutsche Bank mulls UK EU exit plan
Date: 2015-05-19 09:04:31 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:22 - ID:2618297
LONDON, May 19 (MENA) - Deutsche Bank has set up a "working group" to review whether to move parts of its British divisions to Germany if the UK leaves the EU. The working group has been established, but it is "early days and no decisions have ....
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UK to send specialists for migration mission
Date: 2015-05-19 08:37:51 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:18 - ID:2617897
LONDON, May 19 (MENA) - Defense Secretary Michael Fallon on Tuesday said Britain would send specialist staff to help develop the details of a mission to disrupt the criminal networks behind the flow of migrants heading to Europe via Libya. "We ....
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Mudslide in Colombian mountain village leaves more than 50 dead
Date: 2015-05-19 07:51:27 GMT - Colombia - World - SN:14 - ID:2617809
BOGOTA, May 19 (MENA) - A horrifying mudslide in a Colombian mountain village has left more than 50 people dead and dozens more injured after an overnight avalanche, Daily Mail reported Tuesday. Rescuers searched for more bodies today and helped ....
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UN says children targeted in South Sudan conflict
Date: 2015-05-18 22:39:47 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:166 - ID:2617001
NEW YORK, May 18 (MENA) – Children in South Sudan as young as seven have been killed, abducted and raped in recent violence, the BBC quoted the United Nations' children's charity as saying on Monday. Survivors believed the attacks in Unity State ....
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Ebola crisis prompts USD 100m WHO emergency fund
Date: 2015-05-18 21:42:50 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:159 - ID:2616869
GENEVA, May 18 (MENA) – The World Health Organization is to set up a USD 100m emergency contingency fund following the Ebola outbreak, the BBC quoted WHO director-general as saying on Monday. Speaking in Geneva, Margaret Chan said the WHO had been ....